Salomé

The film unfolds within a theatre where a director trains a troupe of flamenco dancers for a stage adaptation of Salomé. A spare, colorfully lit stage anchors rehearsals, with back-stage areas for costume, lighting, and set design as the team collaborates. The setting centers on the Spanish National Ballet, highlighting the craft and teamwork required to mount a biblical story as contemporary performance.

🩰 Artistic Process

The documentary-style opening reveals how a ballet is built: a director, choreographer, designers, and musicians work through rehearsals, costume choices, and lighting to translate a story into movement. It emphasizes the precision, collaboration, and timing that shape a live performance. The film shows how each department contributes to the final stage picture and tempo.

🔥 Lust & Revenge

Salomé’s attraction to John the Baptist triggers a chain of manipulation and retaliation. Her dance becomes a vehicle for desire, while Herod and Herodias pursue their own appetites through power and spectacle. The plot escalates toward the fateful demand for John the Baptist’s head and the subsequent tragedy.

🙏 Faith & Art

The biblical tale is reframed as a living work of art, blurring sacred narrative with performance. The dancers wrestle with the tension between religious reverence and sensual stage presence. The story’s culmination probes how faith, art, and ambition collide, ending in tragedy rather than piety.